Sifu Edgar Zimmermann is a passionate Martial Artist for more than 37 years and the owner of EWO Academy for over 30 years.
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In 1992 Sifu Zimmermann started with Latosa Escrima (Filipino Martial Art with European roots) under Master Bill Newman.
After receiving the 1st technician degree WT in 1992 from Dai-Sifu Kernspecht at the EWTO headquarter in Langenzell Castle/ Germany, Sifu Zimmermann decided to teach full time Martial Arts.
1994 he moved to Enschede/ Netherlands for teaching full time Martial Arts in his own school, while continuing his training at Langenzell Castle.
In December 1994 he met Sifu Sergio Iadarola who became a trainings partner and a very good friend.
“…een van de meest kundige vechtkunstenaars van NL, een aanrader.”
— Sifu Sergio Iadarola, Madeira/Portugal (CEO of IWKA, Author of ‘The 6 Core Elements, the SLT and History of Wing Chun’)
“GM Edgar Zimmermann is a trainer with exceptional martial arts- as well as social skills.
His way of teaching is focused on the individual level of his students, which strongly improves their personal learning curves.”
— Roy Mol, Doetinchem
“Wingtczun heeft mij, vanwege de eenvoud en de effectiviteit in de zelfverdediging, gegrepen. Technieken die mij geheel onbekend waren bleken uiterst effectief te zijn.
De zogenaamde kettingstoten heb ik direct in mijn karate lessen verwerkt. Ik zie dit systeem als een prima aanvulling op mijn huidige budo stijlen.
Edgar Zimmermann is een leraar die enorm goed les geeft en een hart heeft voor het WingTczun.”
— Harry Gorter, Deventer (5e dan Ashihara Karate, 2e dan Kyokushin Karate, heeft een achtergrond van meer dan 40 jaar in Karate en meerjarige ervaring in het allround gevecht Budokai en Pankrase)
Sifu Edgar Zimmermann finished the unarmed system of GM Leung Ting in 2000 and the armed system in 2001 as a trainings partner of Sifu Sergio Iadarola, who learned the unarmed system from GM Leung Ting and the armed system from Sifu Allan Fong (longtime student of GM Leung Ting).
He studied the art of the Eternal Spring lineages of the Dai Duk Lan of the Great Grandmasters Tang Yick and Chu Chung Man under Sifu Tang Chung Pak (successor of Tang Yick) and Sifu Sunny So (the last student of Tang Yick). From the Wai Yan/ Cheng Kwong lineage Sifu Zimmermann also received the knowledge of the Saam Baai Fut form and applications. From the Pak Cheung lineage he got another view on the Eternal Spring system of GGM Tang Suen who was the father of GGM Tang Yick.
In addition to his ongoing teachings in the Netherlands, Sifu Zimmermann gave also lessons in Germany, England, Finland and Turkey.
He taught high degree practitioners from different Martial Arts such as Wing Chun, Hung Gar Kung Fu, Kyokushin Kai Karate, Ashihara Karate, Aikido, Jiu Jitsu, Judo, Taekwondo, Escrima, Jodo etc.
In april 2015, after 28 years of practice in WingTczun (Wing Chun, Wing Tsun, Weng Chun), Sifu Edgar Zimmermann officially became Grand Master with the age of 45.
Around that time he implemented the rotating curriculum for teaching group lessons at the EWO Academy. Compared to the linear curriculum, it’s a much more efficient way to teach groups. This method he learned from the Karate Grandmasters Stephen Oliver and Jeff Smith from the USA.
There is always room for improvement in different areas and there are always people who know more in certain areas.
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